Samuel E. Morss (December 15, 1852 – October 21, 1903) was an American journalist, the co-founder with William Rockhill Nelson of The Kansas City Star newspaper and later owner and editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel.
Health problems forced Morss to sell his interest in the newspaper to Nelson and travel to Europe.
He was elected chairman of the Indiana delegation to the 1892 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
In April 1893, U.S. President Grover Cleveland appointed him as Consul-General of the United States to France.
[1] On October 21, 1903, Morss fell 30 feet (9.1 m) from his third-floor office window onto the sidewalk on Illinois Street in Indianapolis, Indiana.